Pfizer

Sr. Director, Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Team Pod Lead

United States - New York - New York City Full time

At Pfizer, our purpose is breakthroughs that change patients’ lives and our colleagues make this happen. All over the world, our colleagues work together to touch millions of lives. 

Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Teams deliver rapid outcomes by experimenting, learning fast, and proving what works.

The Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Team Pod Lead is a senior leader who drives the engine of innovation for Marketing CRM & Media Pod, leading a dedicated team of technical experts (e.g. Product managers, Developers) that transform prioritized opportunities into rapid prototypes and MVPs.

This role blends, business engagement, with technical execution, enabling Pfizer to move faster, reduce complexity, and deliver measurable value. Working closely with senior business leaders and related Digital CoEs, the Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Pod Lead ensures that bold ideas become real solutions.

The Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Pod Lead directs a high-performing team to develop solutions to highly complex or unique problems through prototypes and minimum viable products. These solutions are validated, proven in-market, and transitioned into scalable enterprise capabilities in partnership with creation centers, and centers of excellence.


Role Summary

The Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Team Pod Lead is accountable for advancing business ideas within Marketing CRM and Media enterprise areas by moving ideas rapidly from concept to validated solution. This role sits at the intersection of business priorities, technical design, and product delivery, ensuring that critical business ideas are turned into scalable outcomes. The leader will manage relationships with business stakeholders in designated area, to ensure solutions are designed with both technical rigor and customer needs in mind.

An ideal candidate will excel at:

  • Strategic Partnering: Shape innovation with business stakeholders and align execution to their priorities.
  • Technical Leadership: Guide teams across AI, data, and available technical solutions to deliver secure, scalable prototypes and MVPs. Identifying areas where forward teams and developers need most advanced tools to build and test AI prototypes and pioneering tools adoption.
  • Product Thinking: Drive a fast, user-centered approach that results in solutions ready to scale.
  • AI Fluency: Harness AI to accelerate experimentation and extend Pfizer’s capabilities.
  • Entrepreneurial Drive: Thrive in ambiguity, lead rapid iteration, while considering that proposed solutions might have long-term business or functional impact and may entail risk or business opportunity
  • Customer Mindset: champion customer focused experiences that build trust in AI, ensuring transparency, accessibility, and usability are never compromised.

Role Responsibilities

Set the Innovation Agenda

  • Co-create the digital innovation strategy together with business partners for Marketing CRM and Media related enterprise efforts, aligning with Pfizer’s enterprise priorities.
  • Identify high-impact opportunities where AI and data can unlock new value and set the tone for bold experimentation and rapid iteration.
  • Ensure prototypes and MVPs are designed with scalability in mind and positioned to shape Pfizer’s future operating model.

Partner Deeply with the Business

  • Serve as the primary innovation lead for organizations leading Marketing CRM and Media efforts, managing relationships with senior stakeholders and ensuring business priorities are translated into action.
  • Co-create product roadmaps with business leaders that embed real commercial needs and deliver measurable outcomes.
  • Maintain momentum through tight alignment with Creation Centers, Portfolio Leads, and product teams to ensure smooth handoff from prototype to scale.

Accelerate Execution and Value Capture

  • Lead agile pod team to turn opportunities into measurable results with speed and precision.
  • Guide iterative development, ensuring every solution is technically sound, commercially relevant, and designed around user experience.
  • Capture and share insights from prototypes with Portfolio Leads to shape prioritization, investment, and enterprise learning.

Own the Team and the Portfolio

  • Manage the Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Pod team resourcing, and portfolio of work.
  • Leading direct reports with direct accountability for setting direction, deploying resources, and leading pay, performance, goal setting, and development discussions.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Technology or other relevant fields
  • 12+ years of experience
  • Experienced people leader with a track record of influencing and leading successful cross-functional efforts
  • Proven success implementing AI solutions through rapid prototyping to drive business outcomes.
  • Demonstrated business acumen and history of accountability and performance delivery, leading teams to meet or exceed objectives.
  • Proactive problem solver with strong analytical skills, emphasizing data-driven decision-making.
  • Entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to operate and quickly respond to emerging needs.
  • Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate client needs into effective digital strategies.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to influence key partners and stakeholders.
  • Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite tools.
  • Extensive experience with computer use, able to work at a rapid pace in a virtual environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Deep understanding of the digital healthcare landscape at Marketing CRM and Media domains, including emerging trends and technologies.

 
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

Last Date to Apply for Job: 12/31/2025

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $204,700.00 to $341,100.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 22.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

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EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.  Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.  This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

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